kacen@erols.com wrote:
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> I am trying to take a BMP image file and convert it into an array of
> numbers so that I can perform various image processing operation. Can
> someone tell me if there exist a way to convert BMP image file so that
> it is read as a numerical array?
>
> Steve
I use the shareware program paintshop pro available from jasc.com. As
far as I know, unless you know the encrypting scheme for .bmp files,
mathematica is not capable of reading those files as arrays without
help from a third party program.
Paintshop pro can read in over 30 kinds of bitmap files and a few vector
formats as well. Among its output formats are RAW, PGM(portable grey
map) and PPM(portable pixel map).
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